[2] The aircraft involved in the accident was a Tupolev Tu-124V powered by two Soloviev D-20P engines, registered as CCCP-45038 to the Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate of Aeroflot.

After takeoff the flight climbed to a cruising altitude of 9,000 metres (30,000 ft) and maintained a speed of 525–530 km/h (326–329 mph; 283–286 kn).

[4] The wreckage of the crash was found at 07:40 Moscow time in the town of Inokovka, on the floodplains of the Vorona River in Tambov Oblast in the Russian SFSR.

Possible causes were as described:[4] It is also unknown why the crew weakened their grip on the control column at 00:25:13, which led to the aircraft going into a sharp rate of descent.

Possible reasons for this include:[4] The Tupolev Tu-124 was withdrawn from regular passenger service in the USSR, but was still used by the Soviet military.